Person injured by freight train on Near West Side

A person was found injured by a freight train on railroad tracks on the Near West side this evening, officials said.

Fire crews were called to Union Pacific Railroad tracks that run parallel to Talman Avenue, at Washington Boulevard, about 8:15 p.m., said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Will Knight.

The man, who appeared to have been injured by a train, was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, Knight said.

Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said a freight train traveling from Nebraska to Chicago was stopped when the train crew discovered an injured person next to the track at approximately 8 p.m.

just before 10 p.m. Metra was reporting two delays on the Union Pacific-West Line caused by the stopped freight train; train #66 scheduled to reach Chicago at 9:46 p.m. was stopped at Kedzie Avenue, train #67 scheduled to arrive in Elburn at 10:06 p.m. was running 50 minutes late, according to the Metra website.

The Elburn-bound train was stopping only at Chicago, Elmhurst and Elburn.